The Forrest City times., 1887-12-10


 Many of these things. however. arc iailea af manufactured in our own country anu tAs
 duties now levied upon foreixn goosis an . ll.,, duets arc called protection % these leite
 manufactures. because they render 7 pHs-lnl3
 far.thase of our people who arc manuiactuft '
 to make these taxed articles ana se5i ny 2 .-'
 a urf5a eoan1 tn shat demanded Tor tAt Al.- ported goods that have paid customs duty 50
 lt happens that, while comparatively ltN Hs' the imported articles millions Of our peoplt
 uho never use and never saw aa1 9L inc fnreiun proquctss purchase and use thiurs of inc same kind ic9Ne ih
 this country and pay therefor nearly er quite the same enhanced price WhlcH tlf enls
 adds 10 the imported articles. Those who esy imuorfs pay the duty caargrd thereon mo tnc pnbiic treasury. but the great majority el lUs Ctizens who buy domestic articles Q. lle a.,- s.. class pay a sum at least approx imAtelF ealA4 to this duty to the homo nsnuf4fturff Ahl- reference to the operation Qf our tar-u .AN- z. not made by way of lnstrncton oll ln Sl s1. .',.. thnf we may be constantly rcnlnirl or tA'
 manner Ia which they impose nufAeu upYl those who consume doiuestls proaucis a- hllt as those who consume imported articles aA" thus create a tax upon lll our feaplr
 n is not proposed Co entirely relieve the caan-
 frv of fbis tarnfiou ft must be eXtensiFeiy continued ns the source of tbe Cove fuinent s ,u- came and in a read ilstmeut 0t our titt4t. stt- fnts~ast. of kuf.rfrgn labor engaged in manu' faeture ah0uic be carefully eqn~iaered, as vel as the preservation of our manutActlF " may ne called groteciiqn or oy any o,lsI nut relief nom the l4fAships ana nan-sra ol our present tariI laws should be dcFfsstu ~ith especial prncaut.on against imperIing tle lA istence of our mauula1turlng ihiettss1- 3.t this existence should not mean condition which without regard to the public welfare or National sxigeuey, niusf @i. ways insure tac realization ot tntlehae pr8uts instead of moderately Ff1hlaDlt sc- tffrrrs As the volume and diversity nf our *t- ti0nal activities increase. he~ recruits are afdef fa those who desire Continuation or t4e advantages which they conceive ile preseut system af tarii taxatiou directly affords them So stuhbornly have all efforts 70 reform tile ureseuf condition been resisted bF those or our felinw-citixcns thus euguged, that theS gAh BHstiis complain ef tle suspicion eatertaliic 20 a certain extent that there existed an ofgan- ized combination al along the line co maintain their adVantage. .,,
 sfous snd with becoming pride were rejoice iu American skill and ingenuity American energy and enterprise. and in thr weaderiui n9tarA advantages and resources aeFcteps0 hf "A eeuttrrfs National growth Yet when au dt tempt Is made Co justify a schem@ wnlch per liits |. tzx 70 be iaid HnCn avery consumer m the land for the benefit ut our maphftctdfea oI1ite beyond reasonable demand for Govern mental regard it suits the purposes or auYocacy to call our manufactures infant industries stsi needing the highest and greatest degrep or favor and fostering care tnatoau De Wfung lfnm Federal ieqisiation.
 II Is also said that the increase in thc price of domestic manufactures resulting from the present tarih IS necessary n or,ler that higher wages may De pAu to oai employed iH manufactures, than are paid for what is called the raUper labor ot Europe. All will acknowledge the force ei the argument that a government which involves the welfare and liberal compensation of our labor is honorable in the eyes Of every Amert- can citizen and as it hes at the foundation oi our development and progress, lt is entitieh without anectation or hypocrisy. to the ut- most regard. The standard of our laborsrs life should not be measured by that of any other country less favored, and they are en- titled to their full share of all cur advantage
 By the last census 1t is made 70 appear that of the 17,592, % of our population engaged in alI kinds of industries, 831. t5 are employed in aericuiture 4,074.2S in professional and per s0naI service l2.g34s76 of whom arc domestic servants and laborers} while i.9iA.2a6 are etn- played in trade and transportation, and 3,Sft l2 are chased as employed in manufaetar1ng and mining.
 For preseet purposes. however. tise last mum Der given should be considerably redueed Without attempting to euumerate all, it Wa De conceded that there should be dedueted rom those winch it includes 315,l4s carpenters nnd ioiners s5 4ol miliiners, dressmalgers and seam stresses IT., 126 blaCesniiths i3.tlo tailora ana tailoresses. t1s, ,473 masons, l52ii butchers. tl- 3os bakers. g 20s3 plasterers, and 4.sg engaged in manufactdrtzg agricultural impiements amounting in the aggregate to si4ts& leaV- ing ,, ,653. uS9 persons employed iu such manu- featuring industries IS are claimed to De bene= fitted by a high tariff. To these the appeal IS made 10 save their employment and maintain their wages by resisting change. there should be nc utsDo=ttou la answer sucn sussea- tions br the allegation that they are iD 6 El= nority among those who tabor and therefore should fOregO an advantage. in the interest or compensation, is may be ai- fected ny the operation Of talln laws. should at all times be serupulousiy sepi in view: aad yet with slight infection they wilI not overlook the fact that they are consuHnera with the rest that theF, too, have thcir own warts and these Of their families 70 suppiy from their earnings, anI that the pFico4 or tiie necessaries Of life. as well as the amount 0l their waRes. will regulate the measure Of tioiF welfare and comfort. Bat the reduction Of taTa- ton demanded should be so measured as u1t 70 necessitate or justify the loss or employment by the worl1ingIaan nor the lessehink rf his wages and the profits st A remaining 10 the manufacturer, atter a necessary readfust ment, should furnish no excuse for the sacrifice Of the inter- esfs Of his employees either in their opportunity to work or in the dimlnution ot their compensa- ton. Nor can the worker in mauuiHeLures Fall to understand that while high tariu Is claiuied to be necessary to allow the payment or fe- muneratiye wages. it certainly results n 2 very large iacressa n the price of nearly all scrfs of forms he needs for the .se of himself and his family. He receives at the desA G' hi- employ P his wages, and perhaps before he reaehes fis home is obliged, in e purchase for family use or an article which embraces his own labor, 10 re- turn in the payment of the increase n price which the tar f permits, the hara-aarued com pensation Of many days of toil
 The farmer and the agriculturist. who maHa- factUrs nothing, hut who pay the iucreased price which the aafiH imposes upon every aEri- cultural implement, upon all he wears and pEon all he uses and owns, except the increase ot nis
 jocks and herds and such things as m ms hli-- haudrT he produces from the soil, IS invited 10 aid in manufacturing the present situation; and he is told that a gh duty on imported wool ls necessary for the benefit 0i tbose who have sheen tO shear in order that the price of their wool may be increased. They or course are apk reminded thut the farmer who has DO sheep ls py this scheme obliged in his purchases oI e49tl- sfsrlIa E fellow farmer as well as Co -he manaLietur"f and merchant; nor is any mention l ie ot tAe fact that the sheep-oWners themselves a"4 fhoir households must wear cioAluS hd AaH other aftjcieg manu factured from the wool they sell at tariff prices. and thus as consumers must return theiF Share 0i this Increased price 70 iue tTadesman.
 think 1t may be fairly assumed that largo nrouortionof of the sheep owned by tee farfne rs fhrough1gt the country are found ID small hocks numbering idu twenty lFe 70 ui The duty or he grade of imported wool WMeit these sheep ueid, is ten cents each pounh C 0f the yalle of thirty cents or less. aAa twelve cents # of the value of more than t@eife cents ff the liberal estimate Gf six pounds log allowed far each fleece. the duty thereon would ba sixty or seveBty-tWO cents, and ths maY ne taken as the utmost enhance mont or t- pflce to the farmer by reason Qi this duiJ- LisHtH.a ? dollars would thus represent the inrroA-eN Nt lt1 Of the wool from twenty five sheep. and thlgt SIX dollars that from the wool ot hitF 7nftp and at present. values this addition #ptta amount 10 Aaotk ftfff At lt5 RtHE tH Nf'tf. it's sale the farmer reeslVc9 thss 0f less taiiH profit, the wool leaves his hands churaed wfth precisely that sun, winch m all ifs chanse VIII adhere to it. until it reaches the consumer When manufactured ni n cloth and other goods. and material for its use, it's cost Is nos only increased to the extent qf the farmers taria proht, buf furaher sHm mas been addesbfOr the benefit of the manuiict1rel under the operation of other tarln laws. in tae meantime the day arrives when The farmer finds it necessary to purchase wooden goods and material Co clothe himself and family for the winter. When he faces the tradesman for that purpose he discovers that he IS obliged not only to return in the way of increased prices hts tarid profit on fhe wool he sold, and which then perhaps. lies before him in manufactured form but that he must add 8 considerable sum thereto Co meet further tu crease in cost caused bg tariff duty on the manufacture. Thus ia the end he is aroused to the fact that he has paid upon moderate purchase as a result of the taria scheme. which when he sold hs wool seemed
 SO profitable. au increase in price more than sufficient tO sweep away all the tariG profit ha received upon the wool be produced and sold
 When the number 0f farmers engaged lH
 wool-raisiug is compared with aH the farmers in the country. and the small proportion thfy
 bear 10 our population is considered; when j